tunny
英 ['tʌnɪ]
美['tʌni]
- n. 金枪鱼
英英释义
- 1. important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks
- 2. any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters
中文词源
tunny 金枪鱼
来自拉丁语 thunnus,金枪鱼，词源同 tuna.
英文词源
- tunny (n.)
- large sea-fish of the mackerel order, 1520s, probably from Middle French thon (14c.), from Old Provençal ton and directly from Latin thunnus "a tuna, tunny," from Greek thynnos "a tuna, tunny," possibly with a literal sense of "darter," from thynein "dart along."
词态变化
复数: tunnies; tunny;